Core Refusal Reason
Traffic safety hazards due to restricted sightlines on a busy regional road and negative visual impact on a designated scenic route and high-value landscape.
Decision Maker's Conclusion
- The proposed vehicular access utilizes a substandard entrance on the R600 where restricted sightlines in both directions would endanger public safety by creating a traffic hazard.
- The height and finished floor level of the proposed two-storey dwelling would make it visually obtrusive and excessively dominant when viewed from the east along a designated Scenic Route.
- The development fails to meet high standards of siting and design, thereby materially contravening County Development Plan objectives intended to protect the visual and natural environment.
Cited Policies (CDP)
Policy Objective GI 6-1
Decision Document Summary
The proposal involved the construction of a dwelling and domestic garage at Steilaneigh, Kilbrittain, Co. Cork, located along the R600 regional road. The application was refused by the planning authority on two primary grounds: traffic safety and visual amenity. Specifically, the development was found to rely on a substandard entrance with inadequate sightlines on a busy road, and the scale of the building was deemed too dominant for its context within a 'high value landscape' and scenic route, ...SOURCE PDFOpen Original
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